Structuring Health Care Leases Under the State and Federal Fraud And Abuse Laws
Date:
Monday
April 29, 2024
Time:
11:00 AM PDT | 02:00 PM EDT
Duration: 60 Minutes
Instructor: Joseph Wolfe
Webinar Id: 803969
Mr. Wolfe will discuss key contracting requirements and best practices for auditing space, timeshare, and equipment leases for compliance. Attendees should ensure leases, rental rates, and formulas are defensible under fraud and abuse laws, as recent enforcement actions have resulted in penalties.
Overview:
In this session Mr. Wolfe will provide a general overview of key contracting requirements. He will also discuss best practices for auditing existing space leases, timeshare leases and equipment leases for compliance.
Why should you Attend:
Recent enforcement actions have resulted in penalties in the hundreds of millions of dollars for health care organizations, along with the risk of exclusion from federal health care programs and imposition of 5-year corporate monitoring programs. As health care organizations enter into and audit lease arrangements, they must be sure that the lease, the rental rate and the rental formula are defensible under the fraud and abuse laws
Areas Covered in the Session:
- An overview of the applicable laws
- Key ways to comply for space, timeshare and equipment leases
- Key requirements such as writing, signature, set-in-advance, fair market value and commercial reasonableness
- Best practices for auditing lease arrangements
Who Will Benefit:
- Health Care General Counsel
- Health Care Executives
- Health Care Compliance Professionals
- Finance and Physician Compensation Directors
Speaker Profile
Joseph Wolfe is an attorney with Hall Render, the largest healthcare-focused law firm in the country. Mr. Wolfe supports high-performing hospitals, health systems, medical groups, and other healthcare organizations nationwide on complex financial, legal, regulatory, and strategic issues both as a consultant and attorney, depending on the scope of support, client preference, and need. He is a frequent speaker for most of the national healthcare trade associations and has given over 200 in-person, web-based, and podcast presentations in recent years. He is the leader of Hall Render’s healthcare regulatory practice group and currently serves as the vice chair of educational programming for the American Health Law Association’s Fraud & Abuse Practice Group. He is licensed as an attorney in both Florida and Wisconsin.